Missions and governance
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises Regional Economic Agency emerged from the Regional Council’s desire to bring together economic services in the region to support businesses, and particularly industrial and industrial services companies.
The Regional Economic Agency guides and supports industrial companies and services to industry businesses at all stages of their development: investment, training and employment, innovation, export, access to funding and European projects, etc.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises is also in charge of promoting the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region throughout the world and championing its multiple assets to attract new businesses.
Since 2017, the Agency has developed around a team of 150 professionals with recognised know-how, who have helped 48,000 businesses. In 2022, over 10,000 industrial and industrial services companies were supported by the Agency; they declared more than 10 billion euros in investments and benefited from more than 150 million euros in public subventions.
Video: Agency Missions Presentation by Franck Colcombet (6:21)
The Agency governance is composed of the following bodies:
General Assembly: the body representing all members and players in the economic development of the region. It is split into the 7 following colleges :
1 - Companies & financial organisations
2 - Institutions of higher education, research & training
3 - Consular Chambers and CRESS (Regional chamber for social and solidarity economy)
4 - Departments
5 - Metropolises
6 - EPCI (Public establishments for cooperation between local authorities)
7 - Competitive Hubs & Clusters
The Region is an ex-officio member with 20 regional councillors
1. Laurent WAUQUIEZ
2. Stéphanie PERNOD
3. Stéphane SAUTAREL
4. Bernard PERRUT
5. Jacques BLANCHET
6. Yannick NEUDER
7. Christophe GEOURJON
8. Isabelle MASSEBEUF
9. Didier-Claude BLANC
10. Frédéric BONNICHON
11. Emmanuel FERRAND
12. Frédéric AGUILERA
13. Bruno FAURE
14. Léa DESPRAT
15. Ségolène GUICHARD
16. Olivier LONGEON
17. Fabienne GREBERT
18. Eric HOURS
19. Guillaume LACROIX
20. Marie DAUCHY
Supervisory Board: the strategic body composed of members appointed for 3 years and coming from each of the colleges. It is chaired by Florent Ménégaux, Michelin CEO and by the President of the Region.
The Regional Council sits on the Supervisory Board with 11 elected representatives among the 20 ex-officio members sitting on the General Assembly
- Laurent WAUQUIEZ
- Stéphanie PERNOD
- Stéphane SAUTAREL
- Bernard PERRUT
- Yannick NEUDER
- Christophe GEOURJON
- Frédéric BONNICHON
- Emmanuel FERRAND
- Frédéric AGUILERA
- Bruno FAURE
- Léa DESPRAT
A Board of Directors: the operational body of the Agency
Chaired by a company leader, Franck COLCOMBET, Chairman and CEO of Tecalemit together with a regional elected official, Jacques BLANCHET and a Managing Director, Emmanuel MILLAN.
In accordance with the legal obligation to publish their gender equality index: in 2021, the score for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises Agency was 92/100